Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals by John N. Gray
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/223467-straw-dogs-thoughts-on-humans-and-other-animals
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And I would like to feature a 2nd -- quite different -- book for today, if I may.
Dino Buzzati: Il deserto dei Tartari
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tartar_Steppe
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#BooksThatInfluencedYou
Day 15:
(1/n)
Despite the fact that many #AI critics now point out that the imminent threats of #ArtificialIntelligence are quite large and that an #ExtinctionLevelEvent chiefly diverts attention from these negative outcomes, such as job losses, racism, and...
#Bookwyrm
#20Days20Books
#20Tage20Bücher
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Day 15:
(2/n)
...misogyny, #SciFi grandmasters like #IsaacAsimov (#CompleteRobot) and #PhilipKDick have long been writing about this theme.
Maybe you'll like this excellent #audiobook mini-series of his #SciFi classic, too:
*Curious Matter Anthology: Philip K. Dick's #SecondVariety - Part 1 *
It still gives me the goosebumps.
Why does..
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Day 15:
(3/n)
...In the summer of 2022, a big international survey was conducted:
"We contacted approximately 4271 researchers who published at the conferences NeurIPS or ICML in 2021. "
It found, among other things:
"The median respondent believes the probability that the long-run effect of advanced #AI...
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Day 15:
(4/n)
...on humanity will be “extremely bad (e.g., human extinction)” is 5%. This is the same as it was in 2016 (though #Zhang et al 2022 found 2% in a similar but non-identical question).
Many respondents were substantially more concerned: 48% of respondents gave at least 10% chance of an extremely bad outcome." 1)
Now,..
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Day 15:
(5/n)
...remember that the survey was conducted months *before* market leader #OpenAI* gave internet access to its #LLM #ChatGPT.
I'm quite positive that those numbers will have risen by quite a bit were they to conduct the same research again now.
Oh, and I'd like to point out that this #FanFiction...
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https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109894787077782438
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Day 15:
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...is a dramatized version, like the outstanding 1938 radio drama, #TheWarOfTheWorlds by #OrsonWelles, based on the #SciFi classic by #HGWells, which led to a mass panic of people, because the realization was so authentic.*
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The War of the Worldshttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)
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@HistoPol Thanx for sharing this. Highly appreciated!
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Likewise.
Apart from #WarAndPeace, I realized that I'm far to ignorant about #Russian #literature.
Only by understanding other cultures may we hope that, one day, we will overcome our differences.
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Just nitpicking (Sorry!).
The alleged mass panic caused by the (excellent) radio drama, is just part of the legend and Orson Welles' PR campaign at the time.
It never happened.
It's a masterclass in how to create and perpetuate fake news.
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/fake-news-und-the-war-of-the-worlds-die-geburtsstunde-des-100.html
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